Electronic camera

Abstract

An electronic camera includes a plurality of light emitters. Each of a plurality of light emitters emits light in a mutually different manner. A plurality of optical systems are respectively corresponding to the plurality of light emitters. A selector selects a desired shooting mode from among a plurality of shooting modes in each of which a scene is captured in a mutually different manner. A driver drives a light emitter corresponding to the shooting mode selected by the selector out of the plurality of light emitters. A creator creates an electronic image based on an optical image went through an optical system corresponding to the light emitter driven by the driver out of the plurality of optical systems.

1 . An electronic camera, comprising:
 a plurality of light emitters each of which emits light in a mutually different manner;   a plurality of optical systems respectively corresponding to said plurality of light emitters;   a selector which selects a desired shooting mode from among a plurality of shooting modes in each of which a scene is captured in a mutually different manner;   a driver which drives a light emitter corresponding to the shooting mode selected by said selector out of said plurality of light emitters; and   a creator which creates an electronic image based on an optical image went through an optical system corresponding to the light emitter driven by said driver out of the plurality of optical systems.   
     
     
         2 . An electronic camera according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a changer which changes a correspondence relationship between said plurality of light emitters and the plurality of optical systems, in accordance with a user operation; and   a restrictor which restricts a changing process of said changer when a brightness of the scene is equal to or less than a reference.   
     
     
         3 . An electronic camera according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of optical systems are arranged on a plurality of positions different from one another of a camera housing so as to redundantly capture the scene. 
     
     
         4 . An electronic camera according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of shooting modes include a moving-image shooting mode in which the scene is continuously captured and a still-image shooting mode in which the scene is instantaneously captured, said plurality of light emitters include a first generator which continuously generates a light and a second generator which instantaneously generates a light, and said driver includes a first driver which drives the first generator corresponding to the moving-image shooting mode and a second driver which drives the second generator corresponding to the still-image shooting mode. 
     
     
         5 . An electronic camera according to  claim 4 , wherein said selector accepts a selection of the still-image shooting mode irrespective of a selection/non-selection of the moving-image shooting mode, and said creator includes an assigner which assigns a still image representing a scene captured under the still-image shooting mode to a moving image representing a scene captured under the moving-image shooting mode parallel to the still-image shooting mode. 
     
     
         6 . An electronic camera according to  claim 5 , further comprising a stopper which stops said first light emitter at a timing of the scene being captured under the still-image shooting mode. 
     
     
         7 . An electronic camera according to  claim 4 , further comprising a third driver which drives said first generator corresponding to the selection of the still-image shooting mode. 
     
     
         8 . An imaging control program recorded on a non-transitory recording medium in order to control an electronic camera provided with a plurality of light emitters each of which emits light in a mutually different manner and a plurality of optical systems respectively corresponding to said plurality of light emitters, the program causing a processor of the electronic camera to perform the steps comprising:
 a selecting step of selecting a desired shooting mode from among a plurality of shooting modes in each of which a scene is captured in a mutually different manner;   a driving step of driving a light emitter corresponding to the shooting mode selected by said selecting step out of said plurality of light emitters; and   a creating step of creating an electronic image based on an optical image went through an optical system corresponding to the light emitter driven by said driving step out of the plurality of optical systems.   
     
     
         9 . An imaging control method executed by an electronic camera provided with a plurality of light emitters each of which emits light in a mutually different manner and a plurality of optical systems respectively corresponding to said plurality of light emitters, comprising:
 a selecting step of selecting a desired shooting mode from among a plurality of shooting modes in each of which a scene is captured in a mutually different manner;   a driving step of driving a light emitter corresponding to the shooting mode selected by said selecting step out of said plurality of light emitters; and   a creating step of creating an electronic image based on an optical image went through an optical system corresponding to the light emitter driven by said driving step out of the plurality of optical systems.   
     
     
         10 . An electronic camera, comprising:
 a plurality of light emitters each of which emits light in a mutually different manner;   a plurality of imagers which respectively correspond to said plurality of light emitters and respectively output a plurality of electronic images each of which has a mutually different quality;   a plurality of holding members each of which integrally holds a light emitter and an imager corresponding to each other; and   a combining member which combines said plurality of holding members with one another in a manner in which relative attitudes of said plurality of holding members become variable.   
     
     
         11 . An electronic camera according to  claim 10 , wherein said combining member holds said plurality of holding members so that each of said plurality of holding members is capable of turning in a direction around a predetermined axis. 
     
     
         12 . An electronic camera according to  claim 10 , wherein a plurality of viewing fields respectively captured by said plurality of imagers in a predetermined relative attitude are lined up on a same vertical position so as to be partially overlapped in a horizontal direction. 
     
     
         13 . An electronic camera according to  claim 10 , further comprising an association processor which associates the plurality of electronic images respectively outputted from said plurality of imagers with one another. 
     
     
         14 . An electronic camera according to  claim 10 , wherein said plurality of light emitters include a first generator which generates instantaneously a light and a second generator which continuously generates the light, and said plurality of imagers include a first imager which corresponds to said first generator and outputs a first-quality electronic image, and a second imager which corresponds to said second generator and outputs a second-quality electronic image. 
     
     
         15 . An electronic camera according to  claim 10 , further comprising:
 an assigner which respectively assigns, to said plurality of imagers, a plurality of shooting modes in each of which a scene is captured in a mutually different manner;   a selector which selects a desired shooting mode from among the plurality of shooting modes; and   a recorder which records an electronic image outputted from an imager corresponding to the shooting mode selected by said selector out of said plurality of imagers.   
     
     
         16 . An electronic camera according to  claim 15 , further comprising:
 a changer which changes a correspondence relationship between the plurality of shooting modes and the plurality of imagers, in accordance with a user operation; and   a restrictor which restricts a changing process of said changer when a brightness of the scene is equal to or less than a reference.   
     
     
         17 . An electronic camera according to  claim 15 , wherein the plurality of shooting modes include a moving-image shooting mode in which the scene is continuously captured and a still-image shooting mode in which the scene is instantaneously captured.